Gas About Gas

One of the things that people who have been around for a while should remember is all the times before when the high gasoline prices have become a major issue.

Which would be during an election year.

Last year, prices were higher than they are right now, but I for one don't remember politicians rolling out packages of proposals to address those prices. I do remember this issue coming up in previous election years. And you know what? Nothing was ever really done to fix anything. "Energy Independence" has been a campaign slogan since the 70's. And nothing has gotten better.

So why do the politicians keep rolling it out during election years? Because the press plays along. Instead of asking why nothing has gotten better despite years of promises, news media, like the Washington Post just keep publishing the same old tired "this time we'll fix it" campaign stuff.

So how about we drill for oil offshore instead of letting our sworn enemies take it all? How about we disrupt about two caribou in a frozen mudflat and drill for oil on our own territory?

Just a thought.